Exam 6: Organization Structure and Management Systems: the Fundamentals of Strategy Implementation

Conventionally, strategy is viewed as preceding organizational structure.Management writer Tom Peters states the opposite: "strategy follows structure." The relationship between strategy and structure is best described as:

When markets become unstable, bureaucratic approaches to management become more effective because they are a source of stability.

In recent decades many large corporations have reorganized their matrix structures such that financial and strategic control is exercised through a single dimension.

The fundamental organizational problem is that specialisation creates the need for cooperation and coordination.

Adhocracy is a structure where values, motivation, participation, and mutual respect, allow a high level of coordination without the need for formal control

During the 19th century the principle source of ideas about how to organize large business enterprises derived from:

For strategy to be effectively implemented, all enterprises need a strategic planning system.

During recent decades, the hierarchical structures of business enterprises have become more oriented towards control than coordination.

The distinctive feature of project-based organizations is that the operating units-the project teams-are temporary.

Operating plans and capital expenditure budgets are the key mechanisms through which strategy drives resource allocation.

The primary mechanisms through which companies translate strategic plans into action are:

The epithet "Great strategy; lousy implementation" is typically wrong because:

An important role of shared values within an organization is to:

In most large companies the strategic planning cycle begins with:

The Tata Group, the Virgin Group, and Alphabet Inc.are examples of:

The major determinant of the organizational culture of most companies is:

Hierarchy is a feature of:

Hierarchy is a feature of all complex organizational forms whether human, biological, or physical.that

Holding companies are organizational forms that exist primarily to facilitate control over large family-owned businesses.

It is important for in incoming CEO to be intimately familiar with the culture of the organization he/she is joining because: